For all sports enquiries, please email Julie Bluck:  julie@redbeach.school.nz

COMING UP THIS TERM

Inter-school Cricket -  Today!! 13 March 
Inter-school Athletics - Thursday 3rd April (save date Thursday 10th April)

INTER-SCHOOL CRICKET
Good luck to our three teams who will be competing in the HBC Primary Schools Cricket Tournament at Victor Eaves Park, Orewa this Thursday.

RBS NETBALL
Kindly note that registrations close this Friday 14th March.
The fee of $120 is due by this Friday 14th March.
SPORTY registrations must also be completed by this Friday.  

As part of the registration process, all players, coaches and managers MUST be registered on SPORTY before they can be placed in an RBS team. Please follow this link to register: www.sporty.co.nz/viewform/193318

WATER SAFETY & WATER CONFIDENCE PROGRAMME
We are excited to be able to offer the Water Safety & Water Confidence Programme once again to our Year 1 – 5 Tamariki in Term 2.

Yr 1 Water Confidence Programme Term 2
Week 5 (Monday 26th – Thursday 29th May) - rooms 4, 5, 6

Year 1 students will be able to attend a water confidence programme at Northern Arena.
A form for each class will shortly be available on HERO outlining the programmes' details.
The budget for this is $56 (Covers instruction - 4 x 30 minute sessions and bus fares).

Yr 2/3 Water Safety Programme Term 2
Weeks 6 & 7 (Tuesday 3rd June – Friday 13th June) - rooms 1, 13, 14, 26, 29, 30

Year 2/3 students will be able to attend a water safety/swimming programme at Northern Arena.
A form for each class will shortly be available on HERO outlining the programmes' details.

The budget for this is $125 (Covers instruction - 9 x 30 minute sessions and bus fares).

Yr 4/5 Water Safety Programme Term 2
Weeks 8 & 9 (Monday 16th June – Friday 27th June) - rooms 15, 16, 17, 18, 24

Year 3/4 students will be able to attend a water safety/swimming programme at Northern Arena.
A form for each class will shortly be available on HERO outlining the programmes' details.

The budget for this is $125 (Covers instruction - 9 x 30 minute sessions and bus fares).

We would appreciate your contribution from now on. If we are not able to meet the total budgeted figure for swimming, then we will not be able to proceed as planned.

Payment can be made via one of the following options:

• Through your KINDO account, or by transfer to the school bank account:
  #12 3107 0083794 00 Please put ‘swim’ & your child’s full name as reference
• Eftpos at the school office
• You are welcome to pay this in instalments

Years 1 - 5 Water Safety/Water Confidence Programmes held at Northern Arena:
Northern Arena holds a pivotal role of ensuring safety and providing key life skills to children in the community. Northern Arena’s award winning learn to swim school focuses on changing and saving lives in and around water with learn to swim and water safety programmes.

The programme that your child will be able to participate in at Northern Arena will be held in term two. Below is an outline of what will be provided:

The Schools Learn to Swim program teaches children from years 1-6 to be more comfortable and safer in the water.

The program:
Provides individual student assessments at the beginning and end of the programme 
Caters swimming lessons for all levels and abilities.
Teaches students to swim and survive by learning correct stroke technique and swim fitness.

Alongside the schools learn to swim program is an extremely important and comprehensive, practical boat and water safety module. The Northern Arena School Water Safety and Boat Safety Programme enhances confidence in the water and teaches students key boat and water safety skills with all equipment provided. Key survival skills include:

- Floating(Heat Escape Lessening Posture)

- Treading Water (in calm and moving water)

- Swimming to safety

- Submersion and searching

- Unaided entry and exits

- Life jacket education, skills and practices including ‘HELP’

- Boat education, skills and practices

- Boat practices in life jackets

SPORTS UNIFORM
The Red Beach School unisex sports uniform is available for purchase through the school. Our RBS sports shirts are $40 and the sports shorts are $22. The sports shirt is compulsory for students involved in a Red Beach School sports team however, the sports shorts are optional. Both items are available through KINDO. 

YUMMY STICKERS
Keep on chomping and collecting those stickers then return your completed sheets to the school office. Remember, the more Yummy Fruit you eat, the more free sports gear we receive for the school! - forms below.